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“It is the right of her Majesty's subjects to make claims and to have them tried in the constitutional way.”

Birmingham and District Land Co. v. London and North-Western Railway Co. (1888), 57 L. J. Rep. (N. S.) C. D. 123.

“Public policy does not admit of definition and is not easily explained. It is a variable quantity; it must vary and does vary with the habits, capacities, and opportunities of the public.”

Arthur Kekewich

Davies v. Davies (1887), L. R. 36 C. D. 364; see also Egerton v. Earl Brownlow, 4 H. L. C. 1.

“Experience tells us that sometimes, when minorities insist on their rights, they ultimately prevail.”

Arthur Kekewich

Young v. South African, &c. Syndicate (1896), L. R. 2 C. D. [1896], p. 278.

“Motives do not concern me; they are a dangerous subject with which to deal.”

Arthur Kekewich

Whelan v. Palmer (1888), L. J. Rep. (N. S.) 57 C. D. 788.

“I think that the proper and safe course is to follow a decision of a Court of co-ordinate jurisdiction, unless some cogent reason is given to the contrary.”

Arthur Kekewich

Evans v. Manchester, &c. Rail. Co. (1887), L. J. (N. S.) 57 C. D. 157.

“Decisions in the American Courts are entitled to great respect, but are not binding here; and there are many circumstances affecting questions arising between the laws of different States which may or may not be applicable to questions arising here.”

Arthur Kekewich

In re De Nicols. De Nicols v. Curlieb (1898), L. R. 1 C. D. [1898], p. 410.

Arthur Kekewich Quotes about the decision

“I am always afraid of quoting my own decisions; I do not think it is the right thing for a judge to do, but I often do refer to them when I can thereby avoid repeating in different words what I have said before.”

Arthur Kekewich

Bolton Partners v. Lambert (1889), L. R. 41 C. D. 300.

“I must look at the decision with reference to all the circumstances which led to it.”

Arthur Kekewich

In re England (1895), L. R. 2 C. D. [1895], p. 109.

“A decision of the House of Lords requires no sanction.”

Arthur Kekewich

In re Weall Andrews v. Weall (1889), L. R. 42 Ch. D. 679.

Arthur Kekewich Quotes

“It is impossible for us English lawyers, dealing with the English language, to express our views except in the technical language of our law.”

Arthur Kekewich

Lauri v. Renad (1892), L. R. 3 C. D. [1892], p. 413.

“Born and bred, so to say, in Chancery, I have a strong leaning towards the rule of the Court of Chancery, of requiring full discovery.”

Arthur Kekewich

Ashworth v. Roberts (1890), L. J. Rep. (N. S.) 60 C. D. 28.

“This seems to me to be one of those cases in which the Court is bound to arrive at a conclusion without having any satisfactory means of arriving at it. The only guide I have is this. I am entitled to sit in the testator's chair as he wrote his own will.”

Arthur Kekewich

Horlock v. Wiggins (1888), L. R. 39 C. D. 143.

“I wish to uphold counsel in the exercise of their discretion.”

Arthur Kekewich

In re Somerset; Somerset v. Earl Poulett (1893), L. R. [1894], 1 Ch. 249.

“The difficulty which I feel as a Judge, and always felt at the Bar, is this: a defendant is entitled to put his back against the wall and to fight from every available point of advantage.”

Arthur Kekewich

Blank v. Footman & Co. (1888), 57 L. J. (N. S.) C. D. 914.

“I have said frequently, and I repeat it, that there is no Judge on the bench who is more willing to allow amendments, even at the last moment, than I, provided there is no surprise.”

Arthur Kekewich

James v. Smith (1890), L. R. 1 C. D. [1891], p. 389.

“Masterly inactivity may be prudence to one man, desperate rashness to another.”

Arthur Kekewich

In re Liverpool Household Stores Assoc. (1890), 59 L. J. Rep. C. D. 618.

“I do not think I can pass over the distinct words of Sir George Jessel, who knew practice as thoroughly as any Judge who ever sat on the bench.”

Arthur Kekewich

Woolf v. Woolf (1898), L. R. 1 C. D. 347.

“It is to my mind much to be regretted, and it is a regret which I believe every Judge on the bench shares, that text-books are more and more quoted in Court—I mean, of course, text-books by living authors—and some Judges have gone so far as to say that they shall not be quoted.”

Arthur Kekewich

Union Bank v. Munster (1887), L. R. 37 CD. 54.

“Any man who spends his income, whether large or small, benefits the community by putting money in circulation.”

Arthur Kekewich

In re Nottage (1895), L. R. 2 C. D. [1895], p. 653.

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